Humorless Politics Thread

[Gilly]

It is sad and it doesn't need to be that way. I think almost everyone feels this way, and unlike other countries we don't need a coup to change things, we just need to vote. Money shouldn't be able to buy elections in the US, we still get to go to the polls and tell them where they can stick their money. But hardly anyone does and that's really sad and upsetting. They've played us all like a violin making us think it's an us vs. them power struggle and everybody who knows better has just shrugged their shoulders and have said , "What can you do". That's a bunch of crap IMO.

[nec13]

Until you find a way to kick the lobbyists and other moneyed interests out of Washington, something which will never happen, nothing will change. Yes, there are some politicians who actually have integrity and try to do right by the electorate, but the vast majority of them are there only to advance their own self-interests. When they're running for election, every politician says that he or she will try to change the system. But what happens when they're actually elected? They get corrupted.

[dave from knoxville]

Yeah, I have no problem with the discourse in here, I knew full well that this thread is 99% staunch Democrats so I knew I'd get some backlash on what I said.

I don't think 99% means what you think it does.

[dave from knoxville]

Oh God, as an ex-political journalist, the Friends of Tom board is where I come to escape from Daily Kos-style assessments of why holding on to my ideals is monstrous.  It's one thing to debate if someone is who you want to vote for or not. But I'm uncomfortable with this idea of telling individual Americans they're not allowed to choose their own criteria for who they like and don't like. Someone can vote for or against Obama because he's into Jay-Z. Politicians are there to try and get your vote by behaving themselves. Let them worry about it.

Anyway can this BBS software somehow prevent the Humorless Politics Thread from showing up in "View the Most Recent Posts"? I just want a feed of Gary The Squirrel-related content.

Please define "jerk".



Thank you.

I think jerks are people who try to dictate what can and cannot be discussed on an unrestricted general topic forum.

[buffcoat]

Yeah, I have no problem with the discourse in here, I knew full well that this thread is 99% staunch Democrats so I knew I'd get some backlash on what I said.

I don't think 99% means what you think it does.

Well, 100% liberals of some stripe, not just the thread but the whole community.  I'm just the least liberal of us liberals.

[fonpr]

They've played us all like a violin making us think it's an us vs. them power struggle and everybody who knows better has just shrugged their shoulders and have said , "What can you do".

Hüsker Dü - Divide and Conquer

[fonpr]

Yeah, I have no problem with the discourse in here, I knew full well that this thread is 99% staunch Democrats so I knew I'd get some backlash on what I said.

Hey Gilly, I'm a RINO!

[buffcoat]

Bob Mould sounds like Mojo Nixon.

[fonpr]

Bob Mould sounds like Mojo Nixon.

Lyrically or vocally?

[Kormod]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/us/politics/obama-plays-to-win-in-politics-and-everything-else.html?pagewanted=all

No matter what moves Mr. Romney made, the president said, he and his team were going to cut him off and block him at every turn. “We’re the Miami Heat, and he’s Jeremy Lin,” Mr. Obama said, according to the aide.

An interesting sports analogy. I hope Romney hits back.

[buffcoat]

Bob Mould sounds like Mojo Nixon.

Lyrically or vocally?

Vocally, Fredericksxx.

Congrats on the quote thing this time!  This post should be your model.

[fonpr]

Different things happen at different times.

[cavorting with nudists]

Different things happen at different times.

Sometimes Fredericks reminds me of Peter Fonda in Easy Rider.

[Kormod]

Oh God, as an ex-political journalist, the Friends of Tom board is where I come to escape from Daily Kos-style assessments of why holding on to my ideals is monstrous.  It's one thing to debate if someone is who you want to vote for or not. But I'm uncomfortable with this idea of telling individual Americans they're not allowed to choose their own criteria for who they like and don't like. Someone can vote for or against Obama because he's into Jay-Z. Politicians are there to try and get your vote by behaving themselves. Let them worry about it.

Anyway can this BBS software somehow prevent the Humorless Politics Thread from showing up in "View the Most Recent Posts"? I just want a feed of Gary The Squirrel-related content.

Shut your mouth, you creep.

[fonpr]

Different things happen at different times.

Sometimes Fredericks reminds me of Peter Fonda in Easy Rider.

Lyrically or vocally?